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Date:      Wed, 02 Dec 1998 18:23:24 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        trsteins@pcisys.net (Tracy Steinwand)
Cc:        FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mgetty help needed 
Message-ID:  <199812030223.SAA03218@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Dec 1998 02:21:16 GMT." <3665f505.5646733@mail.pcisys.net> 

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> I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.7 on a PPro.  When I initially installed the
> system, I went overboard and loaded many applications that I thought
> I'd get around to running/playing with.  When I learned later that I
> was quickly running out of hard disk space, I decided to pkg_delete
> many of the items I felt I no longer needed.  Apparently, I went
> overboard!!!  Now when I boot my machine, I receive the following
> error
> 
> login: Nov 29 04:26:46 steins init: Can't exec getty
> '/usr/local/sbin/mgetty' for port /dev/cuaa1: no such file or
> directory
> 
> The mgetty program appears to be missing from /usr/local/sbin.  My
> problem is that I don't know where it went or how to get it back.  Any
> ideas? 

You don't want it back, you want to restore /etc/ttys to its original 
state before you added the mgetty entry.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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